Tired of leaning forward over jumps, I decided this lesson was not going to be the lesson where the bad habit continues. What follows is how I broke the habit in just one lesson:
1. Ride the easy pony: I picked the "jumps anything" show pony so I wouldn't have to overthink steering. She likes a loose rein and listens to your leg and will just jump. Simple.
2. Plan to stand in my stirrups. Oh I know, it must seem like a bad thing. But I thought to myself, if I'm not going forward, I'll just plan to go up. Up off the saddle like my head is a helium balloon. Here's a video of me doing a broken line and trying that out for a change:
I don't really know what's going on with the canter. I'm sure it has something to do with the broken line and me confusing her by pushing her over in a less-than-stellar way.
Also I think I sit down too early? But the jumps are so small, I feel like it's okay that I'm working on one thing at a time. I'm calling this a success. So:
3. Have it feel correct so your body will want to do it again. Smoothest jumps yet. The jumps are, what, 18"? If I'm more excited about that than the 2'6" jumps I've been a mess over, well, I guess that says something about where the actual work gets done.
1. Ride the easy pony: I picked the "jumps anything" show pony so I wouldn't have to overthink steering. She likes a loose rein and listens to your leg and will just jump. Simple.
2. Plan to stand in my stirrups. Oh I know, it must seem like a bad thing. But I thought to myself, if I'm not going forward, I'll just plan to go up. Up off the saddle like my head is a helium balloon. Here's a video of me doing a broken line and trying that out for a change:
I don't really know what's going on with the canter. I'm sure it has something to do with the broken line and me confusing her by pushing her over in a less-than-stellar way.
Also I think I sit down too early? But the jumps are so small, I feel like it's okay that I'm working on one thing at a time. I'm calling this a success. So:
3. Have it feel correct so your body will want to do it again. Smoothest jumps yet. The jumps are, what, 18"? If I'm more excited about that than the 2'6" jumps I've been a mess over, well, I guess that says something about where the actual work gets done.
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